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GENDER REPRESENTATIONS IN SCIENCE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION’S OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS K-12: 2014

Robertson, Jessica Rae
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1464818248

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2016, Specialist in Education, Miami University, Educational Psychology.
Despite extensive research regarding the gender gap within the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, little progress has been made in closing this gap. This study takes a fresh approach by examining gender representations in science children’s literature. Images and content from the fifty-five books on the National Science Teachers Association’s Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2014 list were examined for gender distributions. Results reveal that while female scientists were pictured more often than male scientists, male non-scientists and male nouns and pronouns were used more often than their female counterparts. Gender-neutral characters such as animals were pictured more often than both male and female characters regardless of whether or not they were depicted as scientists. Additionally, books with a focus in life science were categorized as female-oriented more often than expected. No other variables had significant differences by category. Implications for schools, educators, and parents are discussed.
Amity Noltemeyer, Dr. (Advisor)
Joseph Schroer, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Bautista Nazan, Dr. (Committee Chair)
36 p.
Educational Psychology; Gender
Childrens Literature; STEM; Gender Representations; Science

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  • Robertson, J. R. (2016). GENDER REPRESENTATIONS IN SCIENCE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION’S OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS K-12: 2014 [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1464818248

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Robertson, Jessica. GENDER REPRESENTATIONS IN SCIENCE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION’S OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS K-12: 2014 . 2016. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1464818248.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Robertson, Jessica. "GENDER REPRESENTATIONS IN SCIENCE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION’S OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS K-12: 2014 ." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1464818248

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